Friend: “Have you ever had your bone density tested?” Me: “Not by a medical professional.” Yeah, sometimes meaning gets lost as it travels from my brain to my mouth. The women at our breakfast table who heard this exchange were, unsurprisingly, a little alarmed, perhaps even flabbergasted. But there’s no need to worry, I haven’t…

If you had asked me a month ago to sing the theme song to the X-Men cartoon from the mid-90’s (and I don’t know why you would), there’s no way I could have. I couldn’t have remembered it to save my life. But when Chad and I recently watched the newly released updated version of…

Once upon a time, I was a sportsball fan–of the Minnesota Timberwolves. No one was more surprised by this than me. I never had any interest in sports–playing or watching them–and was actively turned off my football. (Yes, I was a cheerleader in junior or high school, but without getting into too much of a…

I am The Champion! As I write this, I am entering the second week of my reign as The Queen of March Mammal Madness 2024.  I won this year’s March Mammal Madness tournament by choosing the Great White Shark as the winner.  Yeah, I won March MAMMAL Madness by choosing a fish. I’m sure this…

It’s the end of an era: Today StanLee chewed up one of his carry around sticks.  “Carry around stick?” you might ask. “Don’t you mean chew stick?” No, as chronicled in an exciting previous installment of this blog, “Stick With It,” StanLee doesn’t chew his chew sticks. He carries them around (and buries them in…

I made this cake today! April Fools’!  Yes, after recently challenging (forcing, to be more accurate) myself to write holiday-themed blog posts for thirty days in a row, here I am, once again blogging based on a holiday. Blogging, for a holiday that I’m not particularly into (I don’t think April Fools’ Day was much…

I learned a lot from my mom: to be generous, and loyal, and tough, and funny, and to always keep one’s hair dyed. (I’m not saying I excel at all of these life lessons–except for the hair dyeing–but I appreciate their value).  One thing I did not learn from my mom was how to helpfully…

“Wow, you really don’t know how to follow, do you? I gave you a pretty strong cue about which way I wanted you to turn and you went the opposite way. You had to work harder to NOT follow me than to follow me.”  Chad offered this evaluation a couple of Sundays ago after he…

It’s my birthday, so I’ve made it to another year!! Yay! Yes, this is me putting a bit of a forced positive spin on my birthday and growing older. But even though it’s cheesy, birthdays are worth celebrating because another year is another gift. And in a way, making it to another year is a…

On Read Across America Day, we should celebrate everywhere, in all communities, in all types of venues.  So I celebrated by reading in a Bingo Parlor.  Yes, artistic license alert–I wasn’t actually in a bingo parlor–just a local bar/restaurant that has Bingo every Saturday afternoon. But this is some serious bingo action, almost THREE HOURS…